How to Publish in Germany – Interview with Matthias Matting
Today, I have an interview with Matthias Matting, German author and expert on self-publishing in Germany. He runs the website Selfpublisherbibel.de, which I’ve often mentioned on this blog as the go-to-website for German self-published authors. However, most of the info on this site is available in German only (naturally). Now, Matthias has started an English […]
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Potential for Self-Published Middle Grade Fiction in Germany (2015)
It’s been a year since I started translating Middle Grade fiction on Babelcube (the first book was published on January 13, 2015 – check out this post on my general experiences and why I chose MG). I was just going through the sales numbers in my spreadsheets to prepare an end-of-the-year evaluation (I used to […]
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German Cover Design – Interview with a Designer
I recently listened to a podcast which talked about the importance of considering cultural differences in book cover design for translated versions of a book and whether it might be necessary to get a new cover for a different market. Since I don’t know a lot about design, I decided to look for a professional […]
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My 10 Favorite Podcasts on Selfpublishing and Writing
Hi there, Today is “Nikolaus” Day in Germany – the Day of St. Nick. I’m not sure if that’s a big thing in the US, but German kids find sweets and other treats in their shoes this morning (provided they are nice and shiny – the shoes, not the kids). As a little St. Nick’s […]
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Lessons from a Launch – Launching a new series on the German market
I recently helped author David VanDyke launch his translated Military SciFi Thriller series (the Plague Wars series, in German: ‘Seuchenkriege’) on the German market. Since this was our first time to venture into German publishing for real, there was lots to learn along the way. I thought I’d share the experiences here, for others to […]
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The Frankfurt Book Fair 2015 – Self-Publishing Area in Germany is Growing
I asked my friend and colleague Christina Löw to write a little guest blog post about her experience at the Frankfurt Book Fair this past October, since I couldn’t be there, and she was kind enough to provide it. Christina is my translation partner and valued proofreader; she’s also a writer who likes to write […]
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The German Self-Publishing Survey 2015 – Summary
Almost 1000 participants have answered the 50 questions of the very comprehensive German Self-publishing Survey 2015 and the results have now been published on the Selfpublisherbibel.de. Let me give you a quick summary of the most interesting findings. If you want to see a visual summary, skip right to the bottom of the post. First […]
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Tolino Media – the New Selfpublishing Platform in Germany
Good news for indie authors in Germany: The new selfpublishing platform of the Tolino Alliance is now up and running. The Tolino Alliance is an alliance of German book stores like Thalia, Weltbild, Hugendubel, Club Bertelsmann and Libri. They share an ebook platform and sell their own e-readers and tablets in competition to Amazon’s Kindle. […]
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Title Protection and Imprint in German books
In this post, I’ll briefly cover a couple more legal requirements that are good to know before publishing a book in Germany. You can read about taxation, the fixed book price law, and copyright and royalties for translators in earlier posts. Title Protection German book titles are automatically protected (that means nobody else can use […]
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The Ebook Market in Germany – Growth in 2014 and Perspectives
This week, I’ll just take a brief look at some numbers from an article by the German Publishers and Booksellers Association about the market share of ebooks in the current German book market. It states that the German ebook market share has grown from 3.9% in 2013 to 4.3% in 2014. Even though it may […]
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